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The caprice of our temper is ...

The caprice of our temper is even more whimsical than that of Fortune.

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The contempt of riches in phi...

The contempt of riches in philosophers was only a hidden desire to avenge their merit upon the injustice of fortune, by despising the very goods of which fortune had deprived them; it was a secret to guard themselves against the degradation of poverty, it was a back way by which to arrive at that distinction which they could not gain by riches.

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Praise is flattery, artful, h...

Praise is flattery, artful, hidden, delicate, which gratifies differently him who praises and him who is praised. The one takes it as the reward of merit, the other bestows it to show his impartiality and knowledge.

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Jealousy is in a manner just ...

Jealousy is in a manner just and reasonable, as it tends to preserve a good which belongs, or which we believe belongs to us, on the other hand envy is a fury which cannot endure the happiness of others.

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Everyone blames his memory, n...

Everyone blames his memory, no one blames his judgment.

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There is real love just as th...

There is real love just as there are real ghosts; every person speaks of it, few persons have seen it.

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Our distrust of another justi...

Our distrust of another justifies his deceit.

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The daily employment of cunni...

The daily employment of cunning marks a little mind, it generally happens that those who resort to it in one respect to protect themselves lay themselves open to attack in another.

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Those who are condemned to de...

Those who are condemned to death affect sometimes a constancy and contempt for death which is only the fear of facing it; so that one may say that this constancy and contempt are to their mind what the bandage is to their eyes.

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One kind of flirtation is to ...

One kind of flirtation is to boast we never flirt.

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We have not enough strength t...

We have not enough strength to follow all our reason.

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When great men permit themsel...

When great men permit themselves to be cast down by the continuance of misfortune, they show us that they were only sustained by ambition, and not by their mind; so that PLUS a great vanity, heroes are made like other men.

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We often select envenomed pra...

We often select envenomed praise which, by a reaction upon those we praise, shows faults we could not have shown by other means.

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A man would rather say evil o...

A man would rather say evil of himself than say nothing.

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Neither love nor fire can sub...

Neither love nor fire can subsist without perpetual motion; both cease to live so soon as they cease to hope, or to fear.

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There are persons whose only ...

There are persons whose only merit consists in saying and doing stupid things at the right time, and who ruin all if they change their manners.

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Instead of considering that t...

Instead of considering that the worst way to persuade or please others is to try thus strongly to please ourselves, and that to listen well and to answer well are some of the greatest charms we can have in conversation.

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A man for whom accident disco...

A man for whom accident discovers sense, is not a rational being. A man only is so who understands, who distinguishes, who tests it.

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Men and things have each thei...

Men and things have each their proper perspective; to judge rightly of some it is necessary to see them near, of others we can never judge rightly but at a distance.

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We often persuade ourselves t...

We often persuade ourselves to love people who are more powerful than we are, yet interest alone produces our friendship; we do not give our hearts away for the good we wish to do, but for that we expect to receive.

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